Michael Colunga (26 Sep 2013)
"Horses..."

 
Hello, John and Doves,
 
No matter your personal stance on the advisability of owning and caring for a horse,
this potentiality threatens to overtake horse owners in Connecticut:
http://news.msn.com/us/conn-court-weighs-if-horses-are-innately-vicious
 
Here is some of what the Bible has to say about horses:
 
[The LORD speaking...]
    19 “Do you give the horse his might?
Do you clothe his neck with a mane?
20 Do you make him leap like the locust?
His majestic snorting is terrifying.
21 He paws in the valley and exults in his strength;
he goes out to meet the weapons.
22 He laughs at fear and is not dismayed;
he does not turn back from the sword.
23 Upon him rattle the quiver,
the flashing spear, and the javelin.
24 With fierceness and rage he swallows the ground;
he cannot stand still at the sound of the trumpet.
25 When the trumpet sounds, he says ‘Aha!’
He smells the battle from afar,
the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
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    Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding, which must be curbed with bit and bridle, or it will not stay near you.
Psalm 32:9  ESV
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    The horse is prepared for the day of battle, but the victory belongs to the LORD.
Proverbs 21:31  NLT
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    Guide a horse with a whip, a donkey with a bridle, and a fool with a rod to his back!
Proverbs 26:3  NLT
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    "On that day," says the LORD, "I will cause every horse to panic and every rider to lose his nerve. I will watch over the people of Judah, but I will blind all the horses of their enemies.
["...Blind all the horses of their enemies" could refer to an E-quake.  http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/sep2013/michaelc921-5.htm]
Zechariah 12:4  NLT
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    13 Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. 14 The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
[Please read the whole chapter.]
Exodus 14:13-14  NIV
 
The result:
    Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the LORD: "I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; he has hurled both horse and rider into the sea.
[Again, please read the whole chapter.]
Exodus 15:1  NLT
 
~Blessings,
Mike